1930's Norge Rollator Refrigerator....

[combo52]

Spike In Freezer Temperature

Yes you are likley seeing the rise due to the freezer being empty when its goes through a defrost cycle. The best way to monitor the temperature in the freezer is to have the probe of the temperature sensor in a cup of cooking oil so you can see what temperature the food would actually be, in the ref section the sensor probe can be in a glass of water.

 

This temperature should still be closer to 0-5 F, and the ref section 34-38 F, but with these earlier Frost Free refs they seldom worked as well as refs do today, this is way FF refs got a bad name and very few of these earlier ones have lasted or been kept this long.

 

John L.

 

[63kenmore]

Combo52, thanks for the information. The only concern I have now is the buzzing noise that the fridge makes when the compressor comes on, is this something I should worry about?

 

[combo52]

Buzzing WP Rotary Compressor

Glad its working, how long does the buzzing sound last ?

 

It was common for these compressors to have a rattling buzzing sound for a short while as they started, they would calm down to a nice light rattling-chatter after that.

 

Post a recording of the sound if you think its still a problem

 

John L.

 

 

 

[jeff_adelphi]

Diagram from the Norge Rollator manual.

 

[turbokinetic]

JefAdelphi - thanks for the nice Norge diagram! That seems to match my system pretty well.

 

It's still working well, by the way.

 

[63kenmore]

Buzzing on startup

John L, it buzzes for about for about 4 seconds as it fades out. It is a little bit noisy, but then settles down and the temps are behaving now that the 3 in 1 has been replaced and there is some food in it. I use it as a secondary fridge in my basement kitchen and I always have my ‘47 GE as a back up. I was a bit worried though, I had just had it professionally painted and I know my husband would not have been happy if it ended up as scrap.
Thanks for the information, it’s great to have a site to go to for help.
Jacki

 

[combo52]

Hi Jacki, That sounds very normal to me for this era of WP built Refs

 

[63kenmore]

Buzzing on start up

Thanks so much for all of the information, we really appreciate the help.

 

[norgeway]

Buzzing

I had some friends who had a 67 RCA Whirlpool fridge that made a buzzing sizzling sound on startup...it ran forever like that...lol